With a name like Chad Pennington you’d expect someone living on a yacht with a cool billion in a trust fund.

And this is where the NFL season gets perplexing. Pennington played yesterday against the Patriots like I thought he should have played last week against Arizona. But did he? No. Someone who was at that Cardinals game told me Chad threw like a girl. So I kept that remarkable vision in mind this week thinking that the Pats, even with a high school quarterback behind the wheel, would kill Miami. Of course the Dolphins mauled New England, and this will be the Miami story all year, I think- just when you think you got them figured out, whammo.

With the Bears it was the same old story coughing up another 10 point lead only to lose. And Denver keeps walking on water- winning this week on a [Martin] Gramatica error when a possible winning field goal attempt went wide. And the Eagles beat up Ben Worthlessberger real good like a hog in a slaughter pen in the kind of physical game that could shake up the rest of the season for the Pittsburgh quarterback.

Proving that marriage and kids has been good for him, Tim Case moves into undisputed possession of first place in the AdultFYI football pool. Case is 32-14. Six in the pool are tied for second with 30-16 records while Case and Jack Spade also shared the best record of the day going 12-3. The Jets meet San Diego in Monday night’s game.